Dust-catching attachment for brooms.



W. A. MEYER.

I DUST GATGHING ATTACHMENT FOR BROOMS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC 17, 1910.

1,024,454. Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

WILLIAM A. MEYER, or CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS.

DUST-OA'ICHING ATTACHMENT FOR BROOMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 17, 1910.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912. Serial No. 597,794.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM A. Meyer, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDust-Catching Attachments for Brooms, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to means for preventing the flying of dust inhouse sweeping operations, and has for its object to provide a simpleand eflicient attachment for ordlnary brooms and the like, whereby thedust raised in the ordinary movement of the broom is caught as it leavesthe broom and is eflectively held from flying into the room in a cloud,all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a perspective view of thepresent appliance. Fig. 2, is a detail plan view of the attaching clamp.Fig. 3, is a detail vertical section of the dust catching member on linew, Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts in the diiferentviews.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the broom or like hand operatedsweeping device, and 2 a clamp band or collar fixedly secured to saidbroom, at any suitable point, by means of a clamping bolt 3 passingthrough cars at the adjacent ends of a gap formed in said band orcollar, as shown.

4 is the dust catching member of the present invention, and which has awidth approximating the greater width of the broom l, and is preferablyformed .of a curved plate of metal as shown. Said member is alsopreferably provided at its lower end with a transversely extendingtrough or receiver 5, for the purpose hereinafter stated, and with adownturned lip or flange 6 at the free edge of the bottom of said troughfor the purpose of deflecting the dust and sweepings in an upwarddirection against the dust catching means hereinafter described.

7 is an intermediate connecting member which in the preferred form ofthe present invention is rigidly connected to the aforesaid dust catchermember 4, at one end, and

at the other end to the clamp collar 2 in a pivotal manner; while anysuitable pivotal means may be employed, the construction shown in thedrawing is preferred, and comprises a pair of rod members having separated relation and constituting the aforesaid intermediate connectingmember 7. At one end said rods are fixedly attached to the dust catchermember 4, while their other ends are formed with bent portions 8, thatproject toward each other and are adapted to be sprung into orificesformed in the clamp band or collar 2, as illustrated in Fig. 2, toconstitute the required pivotal connection.

9 are casters secured in any usual manner to the lower portion of thedust catcher member 4, to support the same upon the floor or carpet in amanner which will permit of the ready movement of the appliance in thesweeping operation.

10, is a filling or layer or sponge or other equivalent absorbentmaterial arranged on the side of the dust catcher member 4, nextadjacent to the broom 1. In actual use said absorbent filling or layeris saturated with water, to enable the same to eflectively catch andhold the dust and sweepings discharged against the same by the broom inan ordinary sweeping operation of the same.

WVhere a sponge is used as the absorbent filling 10 aforesaid, the samewill be 0011- veniently held in place by end walls 11 on the member 4;and transverse confining bars 12 secured to the free ends of said endwalls as shown, and with the lower edge of the sponge extending into thetrough or receiver 5, which is adapted to receive and retain any waterflowing away from said sponge.

In the practical operation of the present invention, the ordinarymanipulation of the broom will be preferred, except that the sweepingwill be effected wholly in the direction of the present appliance ascarried by the broom in its various movements.

Having thus fully described my said invention what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is In a dust catching attachment forbrooms, the combination of a dust receiving member, a pair of rodsextending horizontally from the upper end of said member and formedSigned at Chicago, Illinois, this 15th day with inturned pivottrunnions, an oval conof December 1910.

tractible collar adapted to encompass the main body of a broom andformed With ori- WILLIAM MEYER 5 fices for the pivot trunnionsaforesaid, and itnessesz means for contracting said collar upon theROBERT BURNS,

body of a broom, substantially as set forth. HENRY MOE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

